The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Dylan C. McCubbins, 26, of Paxton, was ...

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley eighth-grade girls basketball team won 43-15 over Iroquois West in the first round of the Twin ...

The University of Illinois football team got some revenge on Saturday. Two years after losing 38-9 at Oregon, the Illini ...

The midterm election is less than a week away, and given the quagmire that is American politics and the media, who knows what will happen? History suggests Republicans will lose seats in the House, ...

PAXTON — A Gibson City man convicted of three counts of solicitation of child pornography was sentenced to 21 years in state prison this week. To conclude a two-hour sentencing hearing in Ford County ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Board voted to put two of the three county-owned farms up for auction during its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, while agreeing to consider the continued leasing of the ...

No one was hurt when the attic above a utility room in a Paxton home caught fire Sunday night, prompting a response from an ...

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity volleyball team lost 16-25, 25-16, 25-23 to St. Thomas More on Thursday. With 10 blocks, Emmy ...

PAXTON — Moving forward, Ford County will not be involved in the special-use permitting process for renewable-energy projects proposed to be built entirely within a mile and a half of any of the ...

I enjoyed touring Watershed Foods in Gridley and learning more about the company’s impressive growth and innovative approach to expanding its operations. Having doubled in size over the past few years ...

PAXTON — The Ford County Board is seeking bids from prospective tenant farmers for the cash-rent leasing of a county-owned farm southeast of Paxton for the next two years. The board voted unanimously ...